| Art Alexion on 23 Feb 2007 18:27:05 -0000 |
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On Friday 23 February 2007 09:42, Benjamin Krein wrote: > Doug Crompton wrote: > > I thought when they broke up the phone companies this was suppose to work > > like out electric power does not - you pay for a generation supplier > > (selectable) and a distribution supplier (always PECO). This would be > > analogous to having Verizon supply a pipe to the internet provider of > > your choice. That is the way it should be. > > This sounds great to the consumer, but it's not very realistic to the > provider of the pipe. It costs A LOT of money to secure the rights to > run those lines in addition to the actual cost of the materials and > labor to lay the infrastructure. Companies are out there to make a > profit. I don't buy this argument about it being totally unfair. But > that's another argument. Isn't that effectively what is happening with Speakeasy/DCAnet over Verizon lines? Now try to get an alt.cable.provider over comcast coax... -- _____________________________________________________________ Art Alexion PGP fingerprint: 52A4 B10C AA73 096F A661 92D2 3B65 8EAC ACC5 BA7A Keyserver: hkp://subkeys.pgp.net The attachment - signature.asc - is my electronic signature; no need for alarm. Info @ http://mysite.verizon.net/art.alexion/encryption/signature.asc.what.html _____________________________________________________________ Attachment:
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